In this study, we argue that an approach which will reconcile the two opposing camps in Sino-African relations and bring the most progress is a “middle passage” that greases contradictions and offers an accommodative, balanced and pragmatic vision on which Africans can unite. We present a...

Von Südafrika ging mit der politischen Wende am Kap die Hoffnung aus, das Land könnte für den gesamten Subkontinent zu einem Vorbild demokratischer Entwicklung, politischer Stabilität und wirtschaftlichen Aufschwungs werden. Tatsächlich hat die Kaprepublik diesen Erwartungen bis heute...

Zambia has undergone a dramatic transformation of economic policy during the 1990s. The election in 1991 of the Movement for Multi-party Democracy government saw the introduction of a series of major economic reforms designed to transform the Zambian economy from a relatively inward looking and...

Am 21. März 2000 war es zehn Jahre her, dass Namibia nach mehr als 100 Jahren Fremdbestimmung und Minderheitenherrschaft offiziell und nach demokratischen Wahlen in die Unabhängigkeit entlassen wurde. Die neue Swapo-Regierung stand damals vor der Mammutaufgabe, eine durch lange Apartheidsjahre...

Von Südafrika ging mit der politischen Wende am Kap die Hoffnung aus, das Land könnte für den gesamten Subkontinent zu einem Vorbild demokratischer Entwicklung, politischer Stabilität und wirtschaftlichen Aufschwungs werden. Tatsächlich hat die Kaprepublik diesen Erwartungen bis heute...

Compared to other regions of the world, Africa is lagging in its drive toward knowledgebased economies. This study systematically reviews the literature in order to highlight the policies and strategies with which African countries can accelerate their current drive towards building...

This paper discusses a possible case for industrial policy, with special reference to the two emerging global giants, China and India. It begins with a clarification of the meaning of industrial policy, since not only does the term mean different things to different people, but the traditional...

The majority of African countries implemented import liberalisation in the 1990s. This paper explores factors that may explain the pattern of protection and of tariff reform. We consider political economy explanations, motivated specifically by the Grossman and Helpman (1994) model of protection...

Reconciling the two dominant development models of the Washington Consensus (WC) and Beijing Model (BM) remains a critical challenge in the literature. The challenge is even more demanding when emerging development paradigms like the Liberal Institutional Pluralism (LIP) and New Structural...

This paper examines whether the effect of financial liberalization on economic growth depends on reform complementarities. A non-linear growth regression specification that interacts a proxy of financial liberalization with proxies of reform complementarities is estimated using a panel of 45...